http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/09/23/health-information-exchange-in-nj/18437 News and Information from WHYY in Philadelphia Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:50:34 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://whyy.org/cms/news/health-science/2009/09/23/health-information-exchange-in-nj/18437/comment-page-1#comment-787 Cherie Lewis-DiGian Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:55:43 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=18437#comment-787 The sharing of patient's records to learn best practices and develop methods that will ultimately improve the care given to patients is an excellent approach. It helps to gain knowledge more quickly and promote better outcomes for patients. As mentioned in the article about halving the readmission rates for hospitals when sharing this information, it improves the operating costs for the hospitals as well. This makes it a WIN-WIN for patients and hospitals. The sharing of patient's records to learn best practices and develop methods that will ultimately improve the care given to patients is an excellent approach. It helps to gain knowledge more quickly and promote better outcomes for patients. As mentioned in the article about halving the readmission rates for hospitals when sharing this information, it improves the operating costs for the hospitals as well. This makes it a WIN-WIN for patients and hospitals.

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